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Plus, It Eliminates the Need to Decipher Doctors' Handwriting

Jan 29, 2009

An article in Technology Review discusses the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act that is part of the US stimulus package. This portion of the bill would provide $18 million in incentives for doctors and hospitals to use electronic record systems. The Tech Review story also refers to a recent study in the Archives of Internal Medicine that found that hospitals with automated records "had fewer complications, lower mortality rates, and lower costs."

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